Utah Elk · La Sal Mtns

Utah La Sal Mtns spans 1,585,846 acres, centered 3 miles north of Moab. 93% of it is public land, mostly BLM (59%) and national park (13%). In 2025, 171 people hunted elk here and took 86, a 50% success rate (sum of published hunt rows). Its most applied-for hunt, EB3045, put up 2 nonresident tags in the 2026 draw for 126 first-choice applicants, and the last tag went to someone with 26 points.

NR Tags, 2026
15

6 licenses

Applicants
400

first choice, NR

Hunter Success
50%

2025, all licenses

Public Land
93%

59% BLM

Size
2,478 mi²

1,585,846 acres

Boundaries are drawn for orientation only. The written boundary description in the regulations governs.

Every License in La Sal Mtns

90–100% 50–89% 10–49% 1–9% under 1% fewer than 5 tags: one applicant swings it
EB3009 <1% (small sample) 18
EB3045 <1% (small sample) 26
EB3046 <1% (small sample) 21
EB3087 <1% (small sample) 23
EB3182 8% (small sample) —
EB3183 <1% (small sample) 20

First-choice nonresident odds at your points, 2026 draw. Cut = points the last tag went at; ▲ = points added since the earliest draw on file. Not in the table, with no 2026 result: EB3111.

Draw results: Utah DWR 2026 Draw System DrawOddsData, retrieved Aug 31, 2026.

If you draw (2026 nonresident fees): $2,115 ($165 to apply). Open Mar 18 – Apr 22, 2027 (expected). Full fee breakdown.

Harvest

Year Hunters Elk Success
2025 (summed) 171 86 50%
2025 by LicenseHuntersElkSuccess
Limited entry · archery 41 17 42%
Limited entry · firearm · 17 licenses 17 8 47%
Limited entry · firearm · 28 licenses 28 12 43%
Limited entry · muzzleloader 24 14 58%
Limited entry · 7 licenses 7 7 100%
Limited entry · 8 licenses 7 0 0%
Limited entry · firearm · 48 licenses 47 28 60%

2025 split: archery 17 (22%) from 41 hunters, 41%, firearm 48 (61%) from 92 hunters, 52%, muzzleloader 14 (18%) from 24 hunters, 58%

What Utah Division of Wildlife Resources publishes after each season, for everyone who hunted the area: harvest statistics, not draw odds. Utah Division of Wildlife Resources publishes no whole-unit line for 2025; a year's total is the sum of published hunt rows, added only where the lines do not overlap. Source: Utah DWR 2025 Big Game Harvest.

The Ground

BLM 940,506 ac 59%
National Park Service 208,530 ac 13%
State trust land 165,026 ac 10%
National Forest 140,575 ac 9%
Private 110,809 ac 7%
State land 17,637 ac 1%
Department of Defense 1,873 ac <1%

Source: Utah AGRC 2026 SGID Cadastre.

▸ Sources 5
  1. Utah DWR 2026 Draw System DrawOddsData draw results, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
  2. Utah DWR 2026 Big Game Application Guidebook fees, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
  3. Utah DWR 2025 Big Game Harvest, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
  4. Utah DWR 2025 Big Game Hunt Boundaries boundary, area description, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
  5. Utah AGRC 2026 SGID Cadastre land ownership, retrieved Aug 31, 2026

About These Numbers

Odds are from the 2026 draw, the latest on file, computed from Utah Division of Wildlife Resources' published results. They are what happened in that draw, not a forecast. Under five tags a percentage carries a *, because one applicant either way swings it. A dash means the agency did not publish the number, and a date marked expected is last cycle's schedule rolled forward. How we compute these.

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Prior-draw odds from Utah Division of Wildlife Resources' results, not a forecast · Methodology · All Utah elk hunts